gut

See also: Gut, GUT, and guts

English

Etymology

From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote.

The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌt/
• (Inland Northern American)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

gut (countable and uncountable, plural guts)

1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
2. (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged

   beer gut

3. (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
4. A person's emotional, visceral self.

   I have a funny feeling in my gut.

5. (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.

   You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.

6. A narrow passage of water.

   the Gut of Canso

7. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

Synonyms

• (alimentary canal, intestine): alimentary canal, digestive system, guts, intestine, tharm, innards
• (abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged): abdomen, beer belly, (enlarged), beer gut (UK, enlarged), belly, paunch (enlarged), potbelly (enlarged), stomach, tum, tummy
• (intestines of an animal used to make strings): catgut

Derived terms

• catgut
• gut barging
• gut check
• gut feeling
• gut flora
• gut hook
• gutless
• gutsy
• gut-tie
• gutweed
• gut-wrenching
• hate someone's guts
• marrow gut
• rotgut
• tailgut

Translations

intestine — see intestine

alimentary canal

• Catalan: budell (ca)
• German: Darm (de) m, Eingeweide (de) n pl

• Plautdietsch: Doarm f
• Spanish: tripa (es) f

abdomen

• Bulgarian: корем (bg) m (korem)
• Dutch: buik (nl) m
• French: panse (fr) f (enlarged or not), bedaine (fr) f (enlarged), bide (fr) m
• German: Bauch (de) m, Ranzen (de) m pl
• Italian: pancia (it) f
• Korean: 배 (ko) (bae), (vulgar) 똥배 (ko) (ttongbae) (enlarged)

• Portuguese: pança (pt) f, barriga (pt) f
• Russian: брю́хо (ru) n (brjúxo), пу́зо (ru) n (púzo)
• Spanish: tripa (es) f, panza (es) f
• Volapük: bälid (vo)
• Zulu: isisu (zu) 7 or 8

intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc

• Bulgarian: черва (bg) n pl (červa)
• Dutch: ingewanden (nl) pl
• French: boyaux (fr) m pl, cordes de boyau f pl
• German: Darm (de) f, Darmsaite (de) f

• Portuguese: tripa (pt) f
• Russian: жилка (ru) f (žilka), жила (ru) f (žila)
• Spanish: tripa (es) f

emotional self

gut course

narrow passage of water

• Bulgarian: тесен пролив m (tesen proliv)

sac of silk

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: 배알, 창자

• Swahili: kitambi, vitambi pl (noun 7/8)

Verb

gut (third-person singular simple present guts, present participle gutting, simple past and past participle gutted)

1. (transitive) To eviscerate.

   The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them.

   The lioness gutted her prey.

2. (transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

   Fire gutted the building.

   Congress gutted the welfare bill.

Translations

To eviscerate

• Bulgarian: изкормвам (izkormvam)
• Catalan: estripar (ca), esbudellar (ca)
• Czech: vykuchat
• Danish: gælle (da) (of fish)
• Dutch: uithalen (nl)
• Finnish: ottaa (+ elative) sisälmykset (pois); (~ a fish) perata
• French: vider (fr), éviscérer (fr)
• Galician: estripar, escochar, lañar (gl)
• German: ausnehmen (de), ausweiden (de)
• Ido: vakuigar (io) (fish)

• Irish: goiligh
• Italian: sviscerare (it), sbudellare, sventrare (it)
• Latin: exenterō
• Maori: tuaki, huke (of fish)
• Norman: êbieilli (fish)
• Persian: شکم دریدن‎ (šekam daridan)
• Russian: потроши́ть (ru) impf (potrošítʹ), вы́потрошить (ru) pf (výpotrošitʹ)
• Spanish: destripar (es)
• Welsh: diberfeddu

To remove or destroy the most important parts of

• Bulgarian: изтърбушвам (bg) (iztǎrbušvam)
• Dutch: uitbranden (nl), vernietigen (nl)
• French: vider de sa substance (to remove), délabrer (to destroy)

• German: ausweiden (de)
• Hungarian: kibelez (hu)
• Italian: sventrare (it), stravolgere (it)

Adjective

gut (comparative more gut, superlative most gut)

1. Made of gut.

   a violin with gut strings

2. Instinctive.

   gut reaction

Related terms

• blood-and-guts

Translations

made of gut

• Bulgarian: чревен (čreven)
• French: en boyau

• German: darmbesaitet

instinctive

• Bulgarian: инстинктивен (bg) (instinktiven)
• French: viscéral (fr)

• German: instinktiv (de)

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• German: Bauch- (de), Bauchgefühl- (de)

Anagrams

• UTG, tug

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• got (northern Moselle Franconian)
• jot (Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Old High German guod, northern variant of guot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːt/

Adjective

gut (masculine gude, feminine gut, comparative besser, superlative et beste)

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) good

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡut/, [ɡ̊ud̥]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian gutt.

Noun

gut c (singular definite gutten, plural indefinite gutter)

1. boy, lad, bloke

Inflection

Declension of gut

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gut	gutten	gutter	gutterne
genitive	guts	guttens	gutters	gutternes

Etymology 2

From English gut.

Noun

gut c (singular definite gutten, not used in plural form)

1. gut (intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc)

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German

Alternative forms

• gůt (Early New High German)

Etymology

From Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate to Luxembourgish gutt, Silesian German gutt, Dutch goed, West Frisian goed, English good, Danish god, Norwegian god and Swedish god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːt/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɡʊt/ (colloquial, chiefly for the interjection)
• (Germany)

  (file)

• (Austria)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːt

Adjective

gut (comparative besser, superlative am besten)

1. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)
2. good (effective; useful)
3. good (fortunate)
4. good (having a particularly pleasant taste)
5. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory)
6. good (full; entire; at least as much as)

Declension

Positive forms of gut

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist gut	sie ist gut	es ist gut	sie sind gut
strong declension (without article)	nominative	guter	gute	gutes	gute
	genitive	guten	guter	guten	guter
	dative	gutem	guter	gutem	guten
	accusative	guten	gute	gutes	gute
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der gute	die gute	das gute	die guten
	genitive	des guten	der guten	des guten	der guten
	dative	dem guten	der guten	dem guten	den guten
	accusative	den guten	die gute	das gute	die guten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein guter	eine gute	ein gutes	(keine) guten
	genitive	eines guten	einer guten	eines guten	(keiner) guten
	dative	einem guten	einer guten	einem guten	(keinen) guten
	accusative	einen guten	eine gute	ein gutes	(keine) guten

Comparative forms of gut

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist besser	sie ist besser	es ist besser	sie sind besser
strong declension (without article)	nominative	besserer	bessere	besseres	bessere
	genitive	besseren	besserer	besseren	besserer
	dative	besserem	besserer	besserem	besseren
	accusative	besseren	bessere	besseres	bessere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bessere	die bessere	das bessere	die besseren
	genitive	des besseren	der besseren	des besseren	der besseren
	dative	dem besseren	der besseren	dem besseren	den besseren
	accusative	den besseren	die bessere	das bessere	die besseren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein besserer	eine bessere	ein besseres	(keine) besseren
	genitive	eines besseren	einer besseren	eines besseren	(keiner) besseren
	dative	einem besseren	einer besseren	einem besseren	(keinen) besseren
	accusative	einen besseren	eine bessere	ein besseres	(keine) besseren

Superlative forms of gut

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am besten	sie ist am besten	es ist am besten	sie sind am besten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bester	beste	bestes	beste
	genitive	besten	bester	besten	bester
	dative	bestem	bester	bestem	besten
	accusative	besten	beste	bestes	beste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der beste	die beste	das beste	die besten
	genitive	des besten	der besten	des besten	der besten
	dative	dem besten	der besten	dem besten	den besten
	accusative	den besten	die beste	das beste	die besten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bester	eine beste	ein bestes	(keine) besten
	genitive	eines besten	einer besten	eines besten	(keiner) besten
	dative	einem besten	einer besten	einem besten	(keinen) besten
	accusative	einen besten	eine beste	ein bestes	(keine) besten

Antonyms

• schlecht (qualitatively or ethically bad)
• böse (morally evil)

Derived terms

• Beste
• gut gehen, gutgehen
• Guthaben
• Gutmensch
• ungut
• zu guter Letzt

 

Adverb

gut (comparative besser, superlative am besten)

1. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily)

   Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt.

   The team played well.

2. a little more than (with measurements)

   Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin.

   I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years.

   Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang.

   The bed is a little over two meters long.

   Antonym: knapp

3. easily, likely

   Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden.

   That item is easily found.

   Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist.

   You may well be married next year.

Interjection

gut

1. okay, all right, now then

   Gut, dann fangen wir mal an.

   All right, then let's get started.

Further reading

• “gut” in Duden online
• “gut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Middle English

Noun

gut

1. Alternative form of gutte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

gut

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch guit (“troublemaker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʉːt/

Noun

gut m (definite singular guten, indefinite plural gutar, definite plural gutane)

1. a boy (young male)

Derived terms

• ballgut

See also

• gutt (Bokmål)

References

“gut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German gut, Dutch goed, English good.

Adjective

gut (comparative besser, superlative bescht)

1. good
2. kind

Related terms

• besser
• bescht

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Romansch

Noun

gut m (plural guts)

1. drop

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English good.

Adverb

gut

1. well

Related terms

• gutpela
• nogut

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɨ̞t/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɪt/

Noun

gut

1. Soft mutation of cut.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cut	gut	nghut	chut
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Norwegian gutt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʉːt/

Noun

gut

1. A boy